I always wonder how people can take such beautiful photos with really eye-pleasing colours. So here’s my attempt…

I didn’t want to waste the chance to witness the sunset in Bali and take photos of this amazing site. I change settings of my camera a lot and managed to snap some satisfactory photos with my humble camera. Please give me some comments about what you think.

None of the photos were edited in colour, contrast, brightness or whatsoever. Photoshop was only used for resize and watermark purposes only.

 

Tanah Lot, Bali, Indonesia

Tanah Lot is an important sea temple dedicated to the guardian spirits of the sea. This temple stands on top of a huge rock in the ocean and is well-known as the best place to see sunset in Bali.

 

Good enough to make the cut for a standard postcard photo? Hahaha

Changed setting and got a different outcome

 

The sun is setting as we continue to snap every moment of it.

 

Using auto setting makes the photo looks brighter but colour is dull (as compared to above, using the sunset option setting)

 

Flock of birds in mid-air

Duckies running around too. Nature is just so lovely.

 

Another side of Tanah Lot. The temple at the top is only accessible during certain hours of the day when it is not high tide and floods the surrounding area. This is the uniqueness of Tanah Lot.

Can you see all the tourist walking around? They look so small from up the hill. When the tide is high, it will flood the place where the tourists are standing and the temple will look like it is floating on an rock island itself.


 

 

Wave splashing on the rock platform. The water level was slowly flooding the area

 

Getting dark. The blend of the orange sun beam and dark sky produces a purple-ish colour to the photo.

 

 

The photo below is a combination of a hut rooftop, some pillars behind, trees/hill slope and rock formation further behind. When I snap this at an angle, it looks like a temple/cultural building by the sea. Nice???

 

How it looks before and after conservation

 

And finally, some last shots before going of for a quick shopping of souvenirs around Tanah Lot area.

 

That was the evening spent in Tanah Lot to view the spectacular sunset and off to dinner after that (which is covered in earlier post)

This is not the only place which made me go "Wow" with its magnificent view. Stay tuned….more photos coming up.

to be continued….